Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence.

Every ton of ore tells a story; our job is to read it wisely.

建筑是一种象征，建造行为也是。建筑是人类创造的最沉重、最永久的事物之一，它们是通过巨大的努力和牺牲而建成的。

一年中的夜晚与白天数量相同、持续时间一样长。即使快乐的生活也有其阴暗笔触，没有“悲哀”提供平衡，“愉快”一词就会失去意义。耐心镇静地接受世事变迁，是最好的处事之道。

这句话借用俗语，表达了命运无常、机遇变化的道理。

全球化不是选择题，而是必答题。

The stories we don’t tell are the ones that haunt us the most.